I was standing on empty white room. The wall in the room started to make large lines that look like cracks forming on the walls. The walls burst and I quickly found myself surrounded in water. I was cover by icy cold liquid, but I could still breath. Inside the blue vast emptiness, a picture forms up. The pictures were unclear, but they made me feel good, when I feel good, I felt a warm feeling on my body fighting against cold water. Taking notice of a small little light shining in the bottom of the pond. It was alluring, I swing toward the bottom of the ocean feeling the pressure forming in my head but no matter how much I when to the bottom I felt stationary.
From the bottom of the darkness where the light was shining another light appears next to it. The lights were yellow, and they move left and right at a fast pace. I should be scare of the unknow, but I wasn't. Two bone structure that look like horn came into visibility and a giant hand cover in fire under the ocean came to light. The hand was frail and the fingernail where yellow and dry and it form into a fist cover in fire. One finger pointing my way and it slowly close the distance touching my forehead with its fingernail. Before identifying the indescribable beast, my body jump in place. Snuggle quickly woke up in a bed staring at the open door in a familiar home. Lyra was by the front door of the house trying to close it, but it keeps opening with the strong winds. How did I get here?
I got up the bed and hid behind the door. I could hear Lyra talking to herself while she is attaching a hook from the wall to the door with little success. "I Swear someone is going to come in and take something" Lyra said unaware of me waking up. I move from the bed and hid behind the door. After a while i hear Harp call my name and rush inside the room. Once Knew the pony was inside the room, I slowly move the door shut and tackle Harp to the floor. We wrestle but I was stronger and manage to pin her down. I pull her hoofs down to the floor next to her head while I lay on top of her, staring into each other's eyes. The wind from the outside would enter the room making our hair stir. There was silent before Lyra spoke "Can you talk?"
Noticing the device on my face was missing and I could freely move and speak however I wanted. "Yeah, idiot". My face hurt when I move it.
I could feel Lyra body shake a little "You really talk, can you do magic?"
"I don't remember telling you that"
"You did, When you were carrying me back to town". I don't remember that part, I remember I told her something but I'm having problem recollecting my thoughts. "Get off" Harp struggle to move, I put more strength into my arms.
"Where am I?"
"Your home, get off"
"What happened to Trixie?"
"No one know what happened, she disappeared when officer show up"
"She free, what if she come back?" I tighten my grip on her hoof.
"What do you want me to do, can you please move…" Lyra said. The girl looks at the maiden and put her face close to her, feeling her breath while Lyra blush of the intimacy the human show.
"Can I trust you to keep my secret?"
"I knew you could talk for three days now and I haven't told a soul" The girl hesitated but slowly she released the pony from her grip to stand up, helping the mare do the same.
"I'm sorry, I woke up disorientated"
"I can imagine. The doctor said you receive head trauma"
"What do horse's knows about medical things"
"I feel like I should be offended but I'm going to ignored that". The girl walks to bed and set while putting her feet on the warm sheets. Lyra look bother but she didn't say anything. "Where did you come from?"
"I was birth, I don't know?"
"How can you talk then?"
"Magic" the girl said while doing jazz hands.
"Are you like a mythical monster or a like a magical creature that grands wishes" Harp got exited from the idea.
"Nope, just plain human"
"Plain human, but you can understand everything I say and talk back. Why didn't you try to tell us?"
"I give up after a couple day"
"Ok, whatever… The question now is, what do we do with you"
"Obviously, I'll stay at home all day and you bring me food"
"No you don't, first of all we need to figured out how did you perform magic and see where you come from"
The girl rise her arm to show the bracelet with a white stone "I think it was this thing but most of the time it doesn't work"
Lyra stare at the item and she put her thinking cap on "Where did you get that?"
"I borrow it from the librarian"
"I knew it! you stole it!"
"I borrow it, I'll give it back…. eventually"
"No, where heading straight over there and return that to its rightful owner"
"It won't come out"
"I don't believe you". "Try it" and she did. Lyra first try to open the small lock but after a couple minutes of struggling to move the unmovable locket, she decided to break it free. She pulls and twist, eventually standing on top of the bed and leaning out, using gravity to put more force. The girl tries to lean the other way, but the metal wouldn't budge, and it felt like my arm would snap before the bracelet did. It hurt too much and I let go off my grip from the bed and we both fell, landing on top of the squishy pony, breaking my fall. "Sorry…" was the first thing I said but I could help but giggle.
"huff, that hurt. Let's just go to Twilight house"
"Ask her how magic work"
"I'm not having that conversation with a friend, don't you know how awkward it is to have the 'talk'"
"The talk?" at that moment spike open the door to the recurring visitor.
"Hello" Lyra happily answer the dragon.
"Lyra, come in" the two guest walk in to find the librarian next to a Rainbow color main pegasus.
"Twilight, sorry to bother you so soon, hey dash"
"None sense, come in" Twilight said.
"Wow is that the human everybody keeps talking about, she looks so awesome" Rainbow Dash said while flying around the girl. "Can I play with her"
"Another time, she still healing"
The girl touch her cheek and felt the bandage on the side of her face, making her conscious of the way she looks.
"That cool, another time. I keep my eyes on you"
"Oh by the way Lyra, have you seen a small crystal" Twilight said.
When Harp was about to talk she was rudely interrupted by Dash "I look all over the house and trust me when I say this, is not here"
"It has to be here, Celestia said that she double check the inventory and it not there"
"What would even happened if someone stole it" Rainbow Dash ask.
"By law I have to reported to celestial, Is a very serious offence. You could be charge with treasury if somepony stole from the princess". The girl eyes widen, and she slowly took step back while hiding the bracelet under her long sleeve shirt.
"Harsh" Dash responded.
Twilight call for Lyra attention but she as solid as stone shock from the serious consequences they could both faces. I bump into her with my leg, so she'll response. "Lyra are you ok?" Twilight asks again.
"Ohh yeah, I was… wondering if… You could give me the talk!" Heartstring scramble for words but the sentence she forms made everyone in the room uncomfortable, leaving an awkward pause.
"Oh Twilight, I forgot I have important stuff to do, somewhere" Dash said as she flew toward the door, closing when she flew out.
"Oh, the talk, I, umm" Twilight was scratching the back of her head trying to figure out what to say.
"On second thought, I'll just read a book or something"
"No, no, I'll help. Anything for education. Let me grab something to drink" the librarian said while walking out of the room. Spike got close to Lyra and touch leg to grab her attention. He pointed a book that stand out from the rest.
"If you're having trouble performing magic, that book will help you with the basics and practice the difficult one" Harp look at the big brown book but she wasn't interested in practicing magic. This was a poor thought out excuse and the last thing she wants was for Twilight to suspect me of being a thief.
"I'll think about it, Thanks Spike" he left, ran upstairs with his stumpy legs steeping on the wood. Twilight came back and ask us to join her in the comfy couch. The girl sat by herself while Lyra and the librarian took the couch.
"Ok… Where to we start" Lyra said with embarrassment in her voice.
"Well this conversation is usually reserve for parents and their filly, but I can help since I'm a unicorn myself. You see, unicorn are very different from earth pony or pegasus, to you agree"
"Yeah, one can do magic and the other can't"
"When unicorn are in their early life from teen years. they experience stronger feeling that most ponies do. That means your body is growing and it is developing while also creating a source of energy that store up in your body"
Lyra and the girl look at confused. "I don't understand" Harp said.
"Well, the theory is that everything that has life, has magic store up but the only way to use that energy is through feelings and emotions". The girl roll her eyes when she hear the ridiculous claim and threw herself back in a relaxing pose, looking at the book Spike pointed out earlier. Twilight ignored the human for the most part and continue "it sounds silly but it true, when your happy is more likely to do magic that will make everyone around you happy. When you're scared, you're more likely to do magic to protect yourself or that special pony"
"How does that work?"
"Let me put it to you in this way. You want to paralyze a pony. When your angry you might not have problem in doing so, but if your worry you might be worry of hurting that pony with your magic and you might not be able to do that specific thing"
"I think I'm starting to get it. So, you can't do the same magic if you're having different feeling"
"Well, that not true either"
"Ok, I'm confused again"
"We can use the same example. You want to paralyze a pony and your happy, you might be able to do it when your being playful but let say your worry, you can paralyze that same pony if you feels like your protecting her" Lyra still look trouble "The only thing you need is to feel it in your heart and you will be ok"
Lyra smile, but she was hit with a small piece of paper that bump into her head, when she glare at the human she was whistling in a low volume looking around. Harp look at the paper and it said, 'entertain her, idiot'. "What's that?" Twilight ask curiously.
"Oh, is a reminder, for, umm, magical items" Lyra stumble on her word yet again while the girl got up detected.
"Like ruins or crystal?"
"Is there a different?
"Greatly, Ruins can be normal common object that anyone can create, if you know what you're doing. They just boost your energy that is already inside you"
"And what are crystals?"
"Crystal can be anything that is produced by nature like emeralds, diamonds, gold or everything in between. Where not exactly sure how there made but there rare to find. They can also use magic store up inside you, but its main source of magic is nature itself"
"Cool so is like an endless supply of magic"
"While magic from the earth may be endless, crystal can break easily and they can also be dangerous to inexperience user"
"How so?" she said skeptically.
"Over time crystals turn transparent when being use. When they lose their color that means there breaking"
"That doesn't sound dangerous"
"The danger happen when inexperienced user take large chuck or energy in second, they can pass out"
"But with that much energy, anyone can do magic like the princess"
The librarian laugh at Lyra comment "I'm sorry, is that I hear that a lot and to be truthful with you, no one can do magic like a alicorn can, well unless you believe in fairy tales". Both ponies turn their heads to the girl opening the door and leaving the house. Lyra told Twilight to ignore the girl and to continue. "famous historical figure writes story of strong warrior that wield a crystal so powerful that you can travel through time and space, but that's ridiculous. I'll entertain the idea of multiple universe but time traveling, that sound ridiculous, picture me going back on time and meeting rainbow dash as a filly"
"Yeah, I guess that sound silly. I was kind of embarrassed when I first ask you for help but you help me quite a lot, thanks you"
"Anytime, remember that I'm always here"
Lyra hug her friend and she left, meting the human girl sitting next to the door with her hands in her stomach. "Are you ok, to you have to use the bathroom?"
"Uuh, yeah, lets hurry home" the girls said in a low tone. She got up and they presume to the house. During the entire walk she would hold her hands in her stomach. When we reach Lyra house the front door was wide open.
"You didn't close it right" Harp said to the girl with a worry expression.
"Relax the house is ok" When they enter the home, the girl did some groin noises "Oh, Lyra I can't hold it"
"Not in the floor, Please!". The girl did a pop sound with her mouth and took out a book under her shirt. Lyra stare at the book with a troubling thought "Where did you get that?"
"I borrow it"
Lyra put her two hoofs on her face "That the book that Spike suggested, isn't it"
"Yeah" the girl said cheerfully.
"I can never show my face to Twilight again" Lyra express her worry through's.
"Relax, everything is under control". Lyra suddenly look very tired and said that she was going to lay down for a while. The girl shrug and when to her bed, when she suddenly stops on her track and noticed something "Hey Lyra, where my bed?". Harp snap her head to the living room and there was a missing couch.
"Where my couch!?" Lyra spring to the spot and look around the floor to find subtle hints of wood scratches. She follows the clues to the front door where they disappeared. Harp put on a murderess face and looking at the girl just for her to hide the book she was holding on her back while looking innocent follow by whistling sound. Lyra face turn red from the house constant misfortune "This is your fault"
"Let's not point any finger"
"I. Don't. Have. Fingers!"
"Look, I understand that your angry, but you have to look at the positive"
Lyra took deep calming breath "Ok, ok. Yeah is true, what's the positive"
"You can't get rid of me cuz I'm part of the family" the girl said with a sheepish smile.
Harp had a blank face falling into the realization that she stuck looking after a troublemaker. She could probably tell the girl that she was almost taking away from me by the government to scare her back, but I don't want to joke about something so serious. I'm grateful that twilight did not mention it. I'll keep it a secret but Celestia please have mercy on me because I'm not sure I'll survive with this girl on my side.
Trixie was walking along side two royal guards in a long stretch marble hallway with fancy banner design of a blue heart cover with blue fire. They walk the long passage until reaching a large fancy wooden door, the two guard manage to open the walkway with minimum effort. Trixie proceeded by herself through a red carped leading to a walk of stair to a royal chair cover in gold and diamond that give a small light. The princess was cover in gold jewelry from head to toe. She was more attentive of the food the two pegasus brought from the side than the guest. It was a big bowl cover in fresh recently pick fruits. The Alicorn never left it sight from the food and simply dismiss her follower. She picks up a grape and slowly eat it, savoring the taste "Mmh, there just too good". She grabs an apple and took one small bite and swallow the food "Trixie, what can you tell me about food". The blue unicorn had a mix of emotion from scared to confused but still answer the question
"there lots of it"
"That very true, but can you tell me what happens when one falls" as an example she let go of the half eating apple from her hoof, bouncing on the floor. The mare with a nervous face didn't answer and the princess continue "I can just pick another one and let the first one rot"
"I-I'm sorry"
"What's the point in apologizing when you fail your purpose"
"It wasn't me, it was a human"
The princess put her hoofs in her face in shame "You were beat by a human. Please tell me why I should let you roam around freely"
"I promise you. I'll get a crystal, that human had one"
"I have crystals"
"Then how about a human who can do magic"
The alicorn had no humor on her face "I don't care if a pathetic human who can do magic, You had one simple job and that was to go to Las Pegasus and promote our project but yet you when to Ponyville and loss my property"
"I'll do better"
"Pick your next words carefully because your starting to put me in a bad mood". Trixie started to look around desperately trying to come up with an excuse for the princess, but she was running out of options. The alicorn lost all patience and call for her guards "Guards put her on the deepest parts of the dungeons". When Lulamoon hear the princess demands she try to run but she stops on the tip of a spear, multiple stallion pointing their weapon to the mare. She was grab and they started to drag her away.
"Wait, wait, you want magic, I know somepony who carries and old artifact" when the princess hears this claim she stop the guards.
"Artifact?"
"Yes! On my tour, I cross this strange town and this pony just appear out of nowhere with staff with two pointy tips at the top. That thing gave me the chills when she shows it to me. It looks like a ruin, but it was a crystal, one that carries a presence"
"Crystals with presence, to you really believe in children story" the princess mock.
"You can check it out for yourself"
"Fine, you have one more chance to prove your usefulness but I'll warn you, if you fail me I'll suggest not showing your face in Crystal Empire"
"Understood"
"What the name of the magic user"
"I believe her name is Starlight Glimmer"
o - o - o - o -o - o - o - o
The girl walks through the front door with a bag she was carrying. She put it on the dining table and when back to properly close the door. Lyra was by the kitchen cooking tonight dinner, she went to open the bag and take out a juice.
"Thanks for picking this up"
The girl came back an sit on the table "it the least I could do, by the way I found something on my pocket, but the thing gave me a headache so I threw it away"
"Weird, what was it?"
"I don't know, a metal thing with a piece of glass attach to it"
Lyra was puzzle by the comment but decide to shrug it off and continue with her work while the girl brought the book she took from the library to the table and started to read again "Lyra did you know that you can teleport"
"Yeah, Is all fun and games until someone teleport to the middle of the ocean"
"That doesn't sound like fun"
"Where are you going to sleep tonight?"
"The floor" the girl half joke.
"You know, you can always sleep with me" Lyra ask innocently.
"Are you inviting an innocent girl like myself to bed"
"Please I don't need a second Bon Bon"
"Whatever, I was just teasing you"
"You can sleep in the guess room if you're really against the idea"
"That sound better" I when back to her book to read and from time to time she would mark stud in the book.
"Ok Snuggle, food will be done in five minutes"
"Don't call me that" she demanded.
"Snuggle?" Lyra question.
"Yeah, that not my real name"
"You have a real name?"
"Duhh" I mock.
"Ok, what is it?". I from a serious face and when silent for a while. The only sound that could be hear was the noises the food made while cooking.
"It's umm… It Bree"
"that's a really cute name"
"Thanks…" Bree turn her attention back on the old textbook with interesting magic spells. Most of this thing could not be use in a fight, like Mane replacement. I need to look out for more options but there was something bothering the girl, like something was off but I don't know what. She tries to take her mind off her worry, and she lift her arm to watch the stone on her wrist and thought of why the princess would care so much for something so small.